Updated at December 3, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Northrop Frye |
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Birthdate | July 14, 1912 |
Birth Place | Sherbrooke, Canada |
Age (in 2024) | 112 Years Old |
Zodiac | Cancer |
Occupation | Philosopher |
Northrop Frye is best known as Philosopher who has born on July 14, 1912 in Sherbrooke, Canada. Currently, Northrop Frye is 112 years, 4 months and 20 days old. Northrop Frye will celebrate 113th birthday on Monday, 14th of July 2025. Below the countdown to Northrop Frye upcoming birthday.
Literary theorist and philosopher who was best remembered for being one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century.
He obtained his Bachelor's from the University of Toronto where he also served as one of the editors of the school's literary journal.
He never obtained a Ph.D. unlike most of his peers.
He married his first wife Helen Kemp in 1937.
His 1947 work Fearful Symmetry played a key role in challenging the accepted interpretations of William Blake 's poetry at the time.
Northrop Frye is 112 years old today.
Northrop Frye was born on July 14, 1912 in Sherbrooke, Canada.
Northrop Frye zodiac sign is Cancer.
Northrop Frye was best known as Philosopher.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Northrop Frye's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Northrop Frye's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1933 | In a decree called the Gleichschaltung, Adolf Hitler abolishes all German political parties except the Nazis. |
1933 | Nazi eugenics programme begins with the proclamation of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring requiring the compulsory sterilization of any citizen who suffers from alleged genetic disorders. |
1943 | In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American. |
1948 | Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament. |
1950 | Korean War: beginning of the Battle of Taejon. |
1951 | Ferrari take their first Formula One grand prix victory at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. |
1957 | Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world. |
1958 | In the 14 July Revolution in Iraq, the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abd al-Karim Qasim, who becomes the nation's new leader. |
1960 | Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her study of chimpanzees in the wild. |
1965 | Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet. The photographs take approximately six hours to be transmitted back to Earth. |
1983 | Mario Bros. is released in Japan, beginning the popular Super Mario Bros franchise. |
2002 | French president Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt from Maxime Brunerie during a Bastille Day parade at Champs-Élysées. |
2013 | Dedication of statue of Rachel Carson, a sculpture named for the environmentalist, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. |
2015 | NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of Pluto, and thus completes the initial survey of the Solar System. |
2016 | A man ploughs a truck into a Bastille Day celebration in Nice, France, killing 86 people and injuring another 434 before being shot by police. |
1960 | The birth of Kyle Gass, American musician, comedian, and actor |
1960 | The birth of Angélique Kidjo, Beninese singer-songwriter, activist and actress |
1960 | The birth of Jane Lynch, American actress (Glee), comedian, author, and game show host |
1961 | The birth of Jackie Earle Haley, American actor and director |
1966 | The birth of Matthew Fox, American actor |
1967 | The birth of Robin Ventura, American baseball player |
1971 | The birth of Bubba Ray Dudley, American professional wrestler |
1975 | The birth of Tim Hudson, American baseball player |
1977 | The birth of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden |
1984 | The birth of Samir Handanović, Slovenian footballer |
1985 | The birth of Darrelle Revis, American football player |
1985 | The birth of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, English actress and screenwriter |
1986 | The birth of Dan Smith, British singer, songwriter and record producer |
1988 | The birth of Conor McGregor, Irish mixed martial artist |
1988 | The birth of Jérémy Stravius, French swimmer; winner of five gold medals in Olympic and world championship competitions |
1966 | The death of Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (b. 1878) |
1967 | The death of Tudor Arghezi, Romanian author and poet (b. 1880) |
1968 | The death of Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian author and poet (b. 1892) |
1970 | The death of Preston Foster, American actor (b. 1900) |
1974 | The death of Carl Spaatz, American World War II general; commander of the Strategic Air Forces in Europe (b. 1891) |
1980 | The death of Carlos López Moctezuma, Mexican actor (b. 1909). |
1984 | The death of Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter; Academy Award winner for The French Connection (b. 1928) |
1986 | The death of Raymond Loewy, French-American industrial designer (b. 1893) |
1991 | The death of Constance Stokes, Australian painter (b. 1906) |
1993 | The death of Léo Ferré, Monacan singer-songwriter, pianist, and poet (b. 1916) |
1998 | The death of Richard McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (b. 1909) |
2000 | The death of Pepo, Chilean cartoonist; creator of Condorito (b. 1911) |
2005 | The death of Cicely Saunders, English hospice founder (b. 1918) |
2017 | The death of Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician; only woman to win the Fields Medal (2014), the most prestigious award in mathematics (b. 1977) |
2022 | The death of Ivana Trump, Czech-American socialite and model (b. 1949) |
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